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6" x 6" Acrylic on Canvas One of the most fun art events of the year in Bellingham is the annual Dakota Art 6x6 exhibition and sale which takes place this Friday, November 1. Artists are invited to pickup a free 6" x 6" canvas or panel at our local Dakota Art store,...
Artist Validation
Madrona Waves - 30" x 48" Acrylic on Canvas Artists tend to spend their studio working lives mostly in solitude; long hours in front of the easel grappling with visual issues to create a dramatic image which will hopefully illicit an emotional response in the viewers....
Equinox Studio News
"Methow Morning" 48"x 48" Acrylic on Canvas Finally finished this ambitious large painting. Studio time has been scarce this summer as I have been busy with other things like camping, road trips, hiking and somebody has to ride that motorcycle. Once the landscape was...
Old School
In the old days, before computers and software took over much of the commercial art world including Sign Painting, like the above relied solely on the artisan's skill and talent. I painted this classic sign in lovely downtown Sedro Woolley over Labor Day weekend. The...
Summer Studio News
Methow Winter Acrylic on Panel This painting I completed a couple of years ago after a winter ski vacation in the Methow Valley and the reason I am posting it on an 80 degree July day in Bellingham is because it won "Best in Show" at the online J. Mayne Gallery...
Chuckanut Sunset
"Chuckanut Sunset" 36" x 60" Acrylic on Canvas The above is the latest from the easel at PatternArt Studio & Gallery. This commissioned piece was a stretch for me, I don't think I will attempt a blended sunset this size using acrylic paint again. The problem with...
Fairhaven Art Walk
This Saturday, February 3, 4-7pm will be Fairhaven's first Art Walk of 2024. Merchants around downtown Fairhaven will be hosting selected Artists who will be on location and displaying their work. The Morgan Block Artist Studios and Galleries will have 6 studios open...
Castle Window
"Liebenstein Castle Window" 18" x 24" Watercolor on 300lb Arches cold press And now for something completely different. An old friend and art collector approached me about recreating a photo she had taken while travelling through Germany, and she specified a...
Tony’s Trio
Tony's Trio Acrylic painting on 18" x 24" canvas This image is the latest from the easel at PatternArt Studio & Gallery. I was approached by an old friend a few months ago about a commission painting of his own and buddies motorcycles parked in front of Custer's...
Commission Painting
"Bellingham Bay" 36" x 60" Acrylic on Canvas This latest painting from PatternArt Studio & Gallery was commissioned by a local art patron. They requested a scene from Bellingham Bay showing off Mount Baker and the Twin Sisters with five Orcas representing their...
New Old Sign
Sometimes an old SignGuy has to paint an old sign. The above mural on the Morgan Block Building was a fun project for me. After years making computer generated signage it was great to go Old School on this classic heritage building in downtown Fairhaven. Sign painting...
PatternArt Studio News
"Devil's Club" - 24" x 48" Acrylic on Canvas The above painting is the latest off the PatternArt Studio easel. This image presents itself on many walks through our temperate rainforest. I am always struck how the large diaphanous leaves are illuminated by the filtered...
Cascade River
Cascade River 36" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas Latest painting from the PatternArt easel. This square format painting was produced in anticipation of a possible mural. Nancy and I go camping on this beautiful river every summer among the big trees and hanging moss. This...
Sketches
All my finished paintings start out as a sketch, sometimes a quickly rendered idea, other times a detailed black and white value study. The above images illustrate how a graphite or charcoal sketch can flesh out the initial idea, determine composition and values....
Quantum Leaf
Quantum Leaf -12" x 16" Watercolor on Aquaboard Quantum Leaf, kind of a strange name for a painting. I was attracted to this image because of the strong diagonal composition and the tension between the bright warm Sienna and Ochre pigments contrasting with the cool...
Open Studio February 3 & 4
This Friday and Saturday a variety of Morgan Block artists will open their studios to the public. Come on out to Fairhaven and check out your creative community hard at work, studios will be open 10am to 4 pm. PatternART Studio & Gallery is on the third floor,...
Introspection 2023
Unspoken Conversation (Egg Tempera) For the past 15 years or so, Lanny Little (http://lannylittle.com) and I have met, usually once a week, to play pool. Pre-Covid, it was more of a social event at the Bellingham Bar & Grill, where we would play for 1-1/2 hours,...
Pets
Sid & Nancy (Watercolour) One of the cool things about being an Artist is chronicling the moments and individuals in your life. These include our critter companions. I have always had dogs and cats throughout my life, dogs especially are the most steadfast, loyal...
More Murals
Whatcom Falls This particular dimensional Mural now graces the entrance to the Surgical Recovery ward at St Joseph Hospital. It, along with "Mountain Meadow" are the final pieces of a Covid interrupted, long drawn out artist commission contract. This complex...
Dakota Art 6×6
Skagit Sunset This Friday night, November 11, Dakota Art http://dakotaartstores.com on Cornwall in Bellingham will be be revitalizing their ever popular 6" x 6" Art Exhibition sale and Fundraiser. This event encourages local and regional Artists to donate a painting...
Whatcom Artist Studio Tour 2022
It's that time of year again, Whatcom Artist Studio Tour is happening the first two weekends in October. The Morgan Block Artists Community will host three open Studios this year, #6 Nancy Canyon, #13 Jillene Smith and Studio #14 PatternArt. I will be working on a new...
Completion
Three years ago, I was presented with an Artist's dream commission, a contract to produce 15 murals for the North Tower, 3rd floor Surgical Recovery Unit, Peace Health at St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham, Washington. After working on several different prototypes, we...
Methow Pines
"Methow Pines" Acrylic on Panel 16" x 20" Latest painting off the easel from PatternArt Studio/Gallery. This piece is from an after Christmas ski vacation in Winthrop. It was cold, first morning there, the mercury registered -4 Farenheit. I've always loved the...
Madrona Waves
Madrona Waves 30" x 48" Acrylic on Canvas Madrona (after madrono, the Spanish name for a Mediterranean "strawberry tree") is the name admirers in Washington state give this beautiful tree, while those in California and Oregon call it madrone or Pacific madrone....
Happy New Art Year, 2022
Port Townsend Beach (Watercolor) October Afternoon (Watercolor) Happy New Year everybody. I have recently been revisiting painting with watercolor as I prepare for offering instruction at PatternArt Studio/Gallery in the Morgan Block Building in downtown Fairhaven....
PatternART Studio offering Watercolor Painting Class
Whatcom Sunrise
Watercolor on Arches 300lb Paper
Fairhaven Art Walk and other News
I posted this painting again because it will be included in North Beach Artists Guild "Northwest Reflections" art competition at their gallery in Ocean Shores opening August 21. This is an egg tempera painting, its one of my personal favourites and it also recieved an...
Draped 88 (Electra Glide)
"Draped 88" 11" x 14" Egg Tempera on Panel "Although motorcycle riding is romantic, motorcycle maintenance is purely classic." "Motorcycle maintenance gets frustrating. Angering. Infuriating. That's what makes it interesting." From "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle...
Egg Tempera
Over the past year of pandemic, quarantine. and a little too much routine, I have been focused on producing the Tree inspired paintings now on display at Jansen Art Center in Lynden. Most of these paintings were large, up to 48" x 60", and painted with Acrylic paint...
The SEASONAL FOREST-Artist Statement
The following is my Artist Statement for the upcoming exhibition at Jansen Art Center in Lynden opening March 11. The show will be online virtual but now that Whatcom County is in Phase 2, I understand there will be an in person opening and Jansen will be open in some...
Sunlit Spruce
Sunlit Spruce 24" x 48" Once again, my new painting coincides with a recently finished book. "The Overstory," by Richard Powers, It is a wide ranging, wandering fiction centered around the evolution of forests on Earth and the threat posed by industrialized humanity....
Know Thyself
"Know Thyself" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_thyself is an ancient Greek aphorism carved into stone at the entrance to Apollo's temple at Delphi. One of the disciplines an artist enjoys is occassionaly rendering a self portrait. This exercise can be a harsh dose...
Drawing Language
Learning to draw, by drawing daily, is akin to developing a language, Each mark is a vivid description of the topography of the shape, regardless if its a quick full figure gestural sketch or a detailed observation of the hands or feet. Portraiture has always amazed...
Ground Cover
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CASCADING CONIFER
Cascading Conifer - 48" x 60" Acrylic on Canvas I'm currently reading "The Global Forest" by Diana Beresford-Kroeger, a wonderful book about how trees can save us from our impending disastrous environmental future. Healthy forests are critical to the survival of life...
Portrait Painting (Terran)
Terran This is a portrait of a very special little boy, he is my son's Godson,Terran, brother to Miles and son to Bonnie and Bryce. I painted this using acrylic paint on a 12" x 18" panel. It's interesting as an artist to switch from painting landscapes and trees to...
Plein Air Painting
Cascade Shadows One of my favorite events is our annual summer camping trip to the Cascade River about 15 miles east of Marblemount. We were roughing it sleeping in a tent until last year when we purchased a little Burro fiberglass trailer, perfect for a portable Art...
Saturday Morning
"Saturday Morning", is a painting of my favorite model, our dog Olive, still going strong at 13. This piece won first place in the J. Mane Gallery "Watercolor 2020" virtual exhibit, link here https://www.jmanegallery.com/watercolors-art-exhibition-2020-1, also here is...
WWU Alumni Virtual Art Walk
Nancy and I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the WWU Alumni team for the June Art Walk. Chris Casquillo, Fran Maas, Victoria Martinson and Deb DeWees did a great job with the the video production and Chris as the interviewer set a nice tone with inciteful and...
WWU Alumni Virtual Art Walk
Friday June 12 will be WWU Alumni's second Virtual Art Walk, The Zoom meetup will feature a moderator who will be asking artists Ron Pattern and Nancy Canyon questions in their respective studios about their artistic process and history. Ron and Nancy have studios in...
Pit Stop
20" x 30" Acrylic on Aluminum This painting is somewhat of a personal experience, Five years ago my best friend from childhood passed away from cancer, at the memorial his sister dangled a set of keys and said, "Alan left you the Harley". Now i was never a Harley guy,...
Quarantine Art
Oregon Beach24" x 48" Acrylic on Canvas Just finished this large painting, still might fuss with it a little bit. I have the oak frame glued and in the miter clamps in the garage so it will be framed and hanging in my studio probably next week. The problem is nobody...
Fairhaven Art Walk
Oregon Beach 24" x 48" Acrylic on CanvasCome on down to the South Side this friday night, February 28 for Fairhaven Art Walk which takes place the fourth friday of every month, Morgan Block Artist Co-op will be open to the public from 5pm to 8pm featuring PatternArt...
A Walk in the Park
I consider myself extrordinarly fortunate to to live next to a trailhead that leads into Whatcom Falls Park. My wife and I and our trusty canine companion, Olive, make daily treks into this incredible temperate rainforest refuge. This winter is proving to be one of...
January in the Studio
I am lucky to find myself in my Studio at the famed Morgan Block these dreary January days. I am no longer a sign maker at Signs Plus and am painting 4-5 days a week, where I've always wanted to be. I am working towards an exhibition with my lovely talented wife,...
Filtered Light
This new painting is 14" x 18", acrylic on panel, sticking with the Northwest Forest theme for two upcoming exhibitions. Now that this painting is complete I will be building an oak frame to complete the image and get it ready to show. I buy 1" x 3" oak moulding from...
Life Drawing
The most challenging exercise for a fine artist is rendering the human form from a live model.
Contact Ron
Studio Location
1000 Harris St. #3, Bellingham, WA
Open Hours
By Appointment Only
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